Automobile bracing attachment.



R. E. ONEIL.

AUTOMOBILE BRACING ATTACHMENT. APPucAnofi FILED JULY 3.12m.

1,269,955; Patented June 18, 1918.

WITNESS: INVIZNYLOR.

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. a -f fi s .1 h ve .ii n new and usejul Improvements bile Bracingfiittachnints, of ;whi

h "the foll n isia 1 11. and exact specifies he 'iprsse' t i v t r la ea abr i ns pf fa w a. il st us urss an 1 of the objects in view is'toprov'i'de o ..o wi t chme t apted w types of automobile bodies. It isalso an object m devise a suitable attachmentof thisch'aracter whichwill also serve to firmly su port t e ser ns9 um of the automobile aswe11-=traee: thef'inaf strument-board on which said steerifi'g'col andstrong attachment which may be cheaply manufactured, and quickly andconveniently applied to the automobile structures for which it is adated.

With these general 0 jects in view, the invention will now be describedwith reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating a form ofconstruction which has been devised for embodying the improvements,after which the novel features will be set forth and defined in theappended claims.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bracingattachment, detached from its bracmg position;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view (taken on the line IIII of Fig. 3)showing the attachment in the relation in which it is designed to beinstalled; and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section,taken on the line IIIIII of Fig. 2.-

Referring to the drawing in detail, this illustrates a portion ofan'automobile structure having the dash-board 2 and the steering column4 extending upwardly and rearwardly and intersecting the lowermaraurononinn:Bnacmmafmadrmnhr. r

- firs i cetipi of e t granit V Patented.June.18, .1918- I eana ei =mw 4V ewminted-5 "ginij tmh isuisually' termedthe instrument-board filwhichi supports various instrumentsfxnot shown). I In this p'artlcul'ar"automobile constructioni' the instrumentmega-2e is utiliied as a .paear supportfor steerin'g column 4, which provided with" a yokemember 8,embracing, said column fan'df having the "ien'ds fljof the yoke "se-Jare byfi i s 4??? ej f w f e portion 5 of the' 'fi n's'trument-board,as

"shown-in Figsia and t nsthus constructnotifior de'd a suflieieiitlys't'eady and fixed support, and too great; a stram isyeiierted Laseiiitiuin itli aidi t d t t 0 h these parts -ard in faot in 'needo'f'additional up q t n a d. twin 'm -I shaped brace member 14, preferablyof flat steel bar material, having its transverse porthispurposeThavedevised a simple "form of attachment comprising a rigid U- tion providedwith bolt openings 16 for I securing this transverse POItlOIl'tO thedashboard 2 by means of bolts 18. The opposite leg portions of thisbrace member 14 are of a length suflicient tos an the distance betweenthe dash 2 an the instrument-board 6, said leg portions being twisted sothat the ends thereof will rest flat upon the flange 12 of theinstrument-board, this twisting of the legs also affording greater ri'dity to the brace. The distance between t e legs of the brace is equalto the length of the oke 8, and the brace member is so locate that saidlegs fall upon opposite sides of the steering column with the ends ofthe legs coming opposite the ends of said yoke 8, the terminals of thelegs being provided with bolt openings 20 for the bolts 10, which thusserve to secure both the yoke and the brace members to the flange 12 ofthe instrument-board.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that a very simp objects of theinvention. The attachment is inexpensive'and can be installed quickly fand with very, little trouble into the posithe preferred form ofconstruction for the e and eflicient means has been devised for carryingout the desired Having described the invention, what I desire to protectby Letters-Patent is:

1. The combination with the instrument-' board, dash-board and steeringcolumn of an automobile having the said steering column intersecting thelower margin of said instrument-board, of brace means secured tothedash-board and connected with said instrument-board and steeringcolumn upon opposite sides of said steering column. I

2. The combination with the instrumentboard, dash-board and steeringcolumn of an zmtomobile having the said steering column intersecting thelower marginal portion of said instrument-board, of a brace comprising arigid ,U-shaped memberv secured at one end to the dash-board and havingthe ends of its leg portionssecuredto the lower marginal portion ofsaidinstrumentboard at the opposite sides of said steering column. e y Y I3. The combination with the instrumentboard, dash-board and steeringcolumn of I copies of this patent may b e obtained tor five cents'e'aen, by ad l ress'i n the ccpiqinissioner of Patents,

umn intersecting the "lower marginal portion of said instrument-board,of a yoke member carried by said instrument-board and embracing saidsteering column, and a brace member secured at one end to saiddash-board and at its opposite end to said instrument board and yokemember. 7

4:. The combination with the instrumentboard, dash-board and steeringcolumn of an automobile having the steering column intersecting thelower marginal portion of said instrument-board,lof a yoke memberembracing saidsteering column, and a brace member comprising a rigidU-shaped member secured at one end to said dash-board and havingtheends,of-its leg portions extending to,:the lower margin of said instru-.1ne11t-board and provided, with bolts securing the ends of said yokeand saidleg portions tosaid lower margin of the instru- ROBERT-E1 ONEIL.

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